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When Hollywood needs someone to write a horror movie sequel, it calls Evanston-raised screenwriter Patrick Melton and writing partner and Macomb, Ill., native Marcus Dunstan. Melton and Dunstan, you might remember, won Bravo's "Project Greenlight" with their script for 2005's "Feast." They went on to write two more "Feast" films, pen four "Saw" sequels and 2012's "Piranha 3DD" (a follow-up to "Piranha 3D"), and assist with 2009's "Halloween 2." Their latest film, "The Collection," in theaters Nov. 30, is a sequel to 2009's "The Collector," which they wrote and Dunstan...

Amazon Studios is putting together the pilots that will make up its third "Pilot Season" in which Amazon customers will be invited to view and vote on which pilots should move on to get full-season orders. And the latest addition is a thriller...